Vending-machine.



. W. M. BRAYLEY.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1912.

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W. M. BRAYLBY.

VENDING MAGHINE.

APPLICIATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1912.

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WILLIAM 1V1. BRAYLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

. VENDING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM M. BRAYLEY, a citizen of Canada, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Impovements in Vending -Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved coin operated and controlled vending machine especially adapted for vending chewing gum and other like commodities, and to be attached to the back of a seat as in a theater or other place of amusement, the object of the invention being to provide an improved vending machine of this character which is small and compact, is very cheap and simple, may be readily manufactured at smallcost, which is not likely to get out of order and which cannot be operated excepting by the use of a coin of the value of each piece of gum or other merchandise to be sold by the machine.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a coin controlled and operated vending machine constructed in accordance with my invention, a portion of the outer case being removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same on the plane near the front side of the casing, the lower end of the coin duct being also shown in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse central sectional view of the same on a plane at right angles to that of Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is a horizontal sectional view of the same on a plane near the top of the casing. Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal sectional view on a plane near the bottom of the casing. Fig. 6 is a detail vertical sectional view on a plane intersecting one of the discharge openings and a slide and cut off associated with said discharge opening. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one of the cutoffs.

In accordance with my invention, I provide an outer case 1 and an inner case 2. The outer case is of substantially rectangular oblong form and is narrower at its upper side than at its lower side so that its outer wall is vertical and its inner side is inclined at an angle of about eighty degrees to correspond with the inclination of the back of a seat such as is used in theaters and other places of amusement, so that when the case is attached to the back of the seat, the outer Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 4, 1912.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Serial No. 718,603.

wall of the case is vertical. The outer case is open on its inner side and comprises an outer wall 8, end walls 1, a bottom 5 and a top 6. The inner case 2 is open at its front side and comprises a rear wall 7, vertical end walls 8, a bottom 9 and a top 10. The inner case is of the same shape as the outer case and is slightly smaller than and is adapted to be placed in the outer case.

In the upper side of the inner case, near the inner edge thereof are slots 11 which are adapted to receive locking ribs 12 which depend from the top of the outer case. On the bottom of the outer case is a detent 12 wh ch projects upwardly therefrom and which enters a notch 13 in the bottom of the inner case when the latter is in place in the outer case. The standard 1 1 is secured to and rises from the bottom of the inner case and a pairof catches 15 are pivotally mounted on the said standard and adapted to engage the detent 12, each of the said catches having an inclined bottom cam face 16 adapted to slide over the detent when the inner case is placed in the outer case and a shoulder 17 to engage the outer side of the said detent and thereby lock the inner case in the outer case. These catches operate by gravity as will he understood and each is provided with an inwardly extending arm 18. There are key holes 19 in the bottoms of the inner and outer cases and the arms 18 of the catches are arranged one above the other and respectively provided with oppositely disposed key holes 20. Hence, a suitable key, inserted through the key holes 19 must be engaged first with one key hole 20 and then the other and turned out of alinement with the uppermost key hole before it can be used to trip the catches 15 andcause them to disengage the detent 12 when it is desired .to remove the outer case from the inner case. The outer case is here shown as provided in itsupper side near its center with a pair of coin slots 21 which are arranged near each other. The outer case has discharge openings 22 in its walls 4:.

The inner case 2 in the embodiment of the invention is provided with a vertical centrally located coin duct 23 the upper end of which is Windened so that both of the coin slots 21 lead to the coin duct. On opposite sides of the coin duct are chambers 24 in which the sticks of gum or other articles to be vended and which are here indicated at d are placed, each of the said goods chambers being provided with an inclined bottom 25 which leads downwardly and outwardly from the lower end of the coin duct. In the outer side of each goods chamber, at the lower end thereof, is a discharge opening 26 which registers with one of the openings 22. Each inclined bottom 25 is provided with a longitudinal slot 27 which is open at its upper end immediately below the coin duct. The pieces of gum or other articles to be vended are placed in the chambers 24- in superposed relation and held therein in an inclined position by the inclined bottoms of the said chambers and each stack of gum or other goods has a weight 28, each of the said weights being provided at one side with a projecting arm Fenders 30 are located below the top of the outer case and are each carried by a rocking arm 31, pivotally mounted on one side of the inner case as at 32, each rocking arm comprising a curved upper portion 33 to which the fender is con neeted and an inclined lower portion 34 which is ar 'anged at one side of the goods chamber or compartment and in the path of the arm 29 of the weight 28 of said compartment. Hence when the last piece of gum is ejected from one of the compartments, the arm 29 of the weight in that compartment by engagement with the arm 34 of one of the fenders moves said fender across and under the coin slot 21, corresponding with said compartment and thus prevents any more coin from being supplied to the machine until after the machine has been provided with a fresh supply of gum to be vended.

A manually operated knob or element 85 has an axle stem 36 which is mounted for rotation in an opening in the front wall of the outer case and is provided with a flange 37 which bears on the outer side of said wall and a washer 38 which bears on the inner side thereof, so that the axle stem while mounted for rotation, is prevented from moving longitudinally. The axle stem is cross sectionally rectangular and is tapered toward its rear end and fitted in a correspondingly shaped central opening in a coin operating element 39 which is here shown as cylindrical in form and provided with a concaved peripheral circumferential groove 4-0 of such radius cross sectionally as to correspond with substantially one-half of an appropriate coin. The supporting axle spindle of the coin operator is arranged with its axis in the vertical plane of and below the coin chute or duct and in one side of the said coin operating element is a radial notch 41, which is adapted to receive the lower side of a coin dropped from the coin duct and to fit substantially the lower half of the coin so as to project the coin above the coin operating element and hold the same radially therefrom and in a position to be engaged with the inner end of the lowermost stick of gum in either of the chambers 2% by partly turning the said coin operating element in one direction or the other by means of the knob 35. It will be understood that when a coin has been thus dropped to and engaged by the coin operating element and the latter is given a partial rotation, the coin which is held and carried therebv is caused to engage the in ner upper end of the lowermost stick of gum in one of the compartments and as the upper side of the coin moves through the slot 27 of the inclined bottom of such compartment, it, by reason of its engagement with the inner end of the lowermost stick of gum, pushes the said stick of gum downwardly and outwardly so as to project its outer portion through the openings 26-22, and thus enable the said stick of gum or other article to be readily grasped and drawn out from the machine.

011 the opposite sides of the coin operating element 39 are stops 42 which are here shown as pins that are secured to the inner side of the front wall of the outer case. These stop pins are made of brass or copper. The coin operating elen'icnt is made of iron or steel and is magnetized. There is no means for stopping the coin operating clen'ient 39 at any certain point and in nearly all instances after the same is operated it will stop with its notch 41 out of line with the coin duct. A coin dropped through the duct will fall on the upper side of the element 89 and the latter must first be turned a sufiicient distance to engage the lower side of the coin with the notch before the element 39 can be caused to turn the coin therewith and utilize the coin as a tappet to eject the lowermost stick of gum. Hence, if spurious articles such as an iron washer be supplied to the machine through the coin duct, instead of a proper coin, the said washer or other object will be magnetically attracted by the element 39 and caused to cling to the periphery thereof and to turn therewith when the said element 39 is turned and, hence, the spurious article will not be engaged by the notch 4:1 and will fail to operate to eject a stick of gum from the machine because when such spurious article reaches one of the stop pins 42 it will be detached by the latter from the element 35-) and will drop into the bottom of the casing. lV hen a proper coin is fed to the machine, it will be engaged by the notch 4.1 on a partial turning of the element and when the said element has been then turned far enough to cause the coin to act as a shaft to eject a stick of gum, the coin after passing away from contact with the stick of gum will drop into the bottom of the case.

The gum is prevented from being moved casually out from the bottom of either cornpartment or chamber 24: by a cutofi 43 one of which is provided for each of said compartments. Each cut off is pivotally mounted as at 44 and its lower portion hangs by gravity between the inner and outer cases at a point between the discharge openings 2226. This cut-ofi', while it serves to prevent a stick of gum from casually moving out from the machine, will yield to the pressure of the stick of gum and when the machine is properly operated will rise so as to permit the passage of the stick of gum under its lower end.

To prevent a wire or other instrument from being inserted through the openings 2226 and engaged with the stick of gum to surreptitiously draw out the latter, I provide a vertically movable closure 45 for each of the openings 22 which closure is arranged on the inner side of a wall 4; of the outer case and moves vertically in guides 46. Each closure has an inclined tappet arm 47 at its Zupper end and each cut off has a tappet 48 which, when the cut-off is raised by the passage of a stick of gum thereunder engages the shaft a7 of the closure and, hence, raises the latter so as to uncover the opening 22 and permit the outward passage of the stick of gum.

IVhile I have herein shown and described a preferred form of my invention, I would have it understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion and construction of the several parts without departing from the spirit of my invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. In a vending machine of the class described, a casing, a pair of vertically arranged goods compartments spaced apart, back to back, and each having a slotted bottom and a discharge opening at the outside of the said slotted bottom, and an operating element mounted for rotation below the space between the goods compartments and forming a common operating element for engaging a tappet wherewith to eject the lowermost article in either of said compartments.

2. In a coin operated vending machine, a pair of vertically arranged goods compartments back to back and spaced apart and each having a slotted bottom and a discharge opening at the outer side of the said slotted bottom, a coin duct between said compartments and open at its lower end, and a revoluble operating element having a horizontal axis and a peripheral coin engaging slot, said operating element being mounted below and so that its upper side is spaced from the lower end of the coin duct and the axis of said operating element being in the vertical plane of the lower portion of the coin duct, said operating element being freely revoluble in either direction and adapted to engage and use a coin dropped through the coin duct as a tappet for engaging and ejecting the operating element.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of witnesses.

WILLIAM M. BRAYLEY.

Vitnesses JULIUS TRATTNER, THOMAS F. MURPHY, ALBERT C. JOHNSON.

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